Who: Sara and SofiaWhere: At home, then the restaurantWhen: A night or two after the BBQ

Sara stood in front of the mirror, performing a final check. She and Sofia were going out to the Thai place she wanted to go, and although it wasn't fancy, she'd tried to make an effort for her. She'd put on a simple black dress and a pair of strappy heels that showed off her legs, done her hair and applied a little make up.

When she was ready she went in search of Sofia. "You ready?" she asked her, smiling.

Sara leant back against the wall, cupping the back of Sofia's neck to pull her in closer as she kissed her. She definitely liked having dinner bought for her, even though it was their money, not just Sofia's. The gesture itself was just nice. She hoped later on that Sofia would let her do something for her- she just wasn't sure what it would be... yet.

She rested both her hands on Sara's waist, not wanting to let them wander too far, or she'd lose control of herself. Sara's fault for being so hot, she reasoned. She kissed her for a long while, then drew back, grinning at her.

"You really do look amazing," She whispered, a light peck to her lips following, then she pulled back. "Wearing a coat?" She asked, stepping towards the coat rack, ready to grab one for her.

Sara shook her head. She paused and then grinned at her. "I thought you'd prefer it if I went without," she said, wiggling her chest a little for her and pulling the 'waving the sexy nightie' face from the lab.

Okay, as good as she was trying to be, even a Saint would have let their view drop from the face, to the boob region, right? She looked back up at her face and grinned broadly. "I do approve," She admitted. She let out a little breath and opened the front door, stepping back to let her go first.

"Hey, don't be sorry." She grinned, taking hold of her hand. "You look fantastic. We should go out like this more often." And they would do.

She led her down to her truck, opened up the passenger door and waited for her to climb in. She mentally went through everything she had with her. Cell phone? Check. Credit card? Check. Spare cash? Check. Truck keys? Check. Hot wife? Check. Yeah, she was all done. She didn't want to get half way to this restaurant and have left something behind. This was the first time in a while that they'd done something like this. She wanted it to go smoothly.

"No work, no Aiden, right?" she asked her, resting her hand on her wife's leg when Sofia got in. She thought it would be good to just be them for once, not parents or CSIs... the only problem she had was that she wasn't sure who else she was anymore.

"We can talk about anything and everything," She smiled. "Plenty more to us than those things. Our friends, little bits of the past maybe, things we want to do, movies we want to see... you know, stuff you normally talk about on dates." She added, smile growing.

"Could even plan a cinema trip if you wanted? Or is that too cliche a night out?"

Sara smiled. "Those are really good ideas," she told Sofia. "Sometimes I forget there's more to me than being a CSI and Aiden's mother," she admitted, kind of hoping maybe she wasn't the only one who felt that way.

"I don't think it matters if it's cliche, as long as we enjoy it. We shouldn't let that stop us, right?"

"I'm glad we have more of a balance now, though, with spending more time with friends- even if they're friends from work," Sara smiled. "Our BBQ went really well the other day, I think. Maybe we should make it a regular thing."

"You can pick the movie, then," she smiled. "And I'll even buy the tickets if you want to see one of your sappy embarrassing ones."